In view of its potential impact on our community, the Parish Council were keen to canvass the views of residents on the plans for the building of a new Oxford Cambridge Expressway, along with significant development of new homes. Over 100 residents completed the Parish Council survey in September on the plan to construct a new Expressway between Oxford and Cambridge, to be accompanied by an additional one million new homes along its route. From a local perspective, an area identified as ‘East of Oakley’ has been identified with the potential to accommodate 65,000 new homes.
The Parish Council would like to express its thanks and appreciation to all those who took the time to complete the survey.
Although nearly 20% of respondents thought further details of the route and housing plans should be awaited before reaching a verdict, a massive 80% called on the Parish Council to oppose the plans as they stand.
A variety of reasons for opposing the development were given by respondents and a full report on the responses to the survey can be accessed on this link.
Most of the concern related to the potential destruction of the local rural environment through the building of the road and a huge number of new houses - on top of the many houses already envisaged under the current local plan (Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan).
The Parish Council considered the results of the survey at its last meeting on 16th September and unanimously agreed to adopt a position of formal opposition to the plan and will communicate this view to a range of political and other contacts at both local and national level. These will include the following and their contact details have also been added, as residents may well wish to make direct contact with some or all of them to express their views on the plans under consideration.
MP for Buckingham, John Bercow
Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural affairs, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
Secretary of State for Housing Communities & Local Government, Robert Jenrick MP
AVDC Councillor (Long Crendon), Mike Hawkett
Bucks County Councillor (Bernwood), Clive Harriss
Leader of Bucks County Council, Martin Tett
Bucks County Councillor (Stone & Waddesdon), Paul Irwin
Bucks County Councillor (Grendon Underwood), Angela Macpherson
Arc Leaders Group, Chairman/Leader of Cherwell District Council, Barry Wood
Highways England, Senior Stakeholder Manager, Jan Chaliis
